How Many Criminal Groups Are There in Mexico?
How Many Criminal Groups Are There in Mexico?
Video / Latin America & Caribbean 1 minute

How Many Criminal Groups Are There in Mexico?

The “war on drugs” has not smashed Mexican organised crime but broken it into smaller fragments that fight each other for turf. This has come at the cost of thousands of lives, with last year being the deadliest on record. The sheer difficulty of counting the criminal groups underscores the scale of the government’s challenge in protecting the public.

How Many Criminal Groups Are There in Mexico?

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